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The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF; Hebrew: צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵלTsva ha-Hagana le-Yisra'el ⓘ, lit.'The Army of the Defense for Israel' ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym Tzahal ( צה״ל ), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branches: the ...
2023 Israel–Hamas war. Unit 699 emblem. The Unit 669 ( Hebrew: יחידה טקטית לחילוץ מיוחד 669, Yechida Tactit LeHilu'tz Meyuchad 669) is a heliborne combat search and rescue extraction unit, subordinate to 7 Wing of the Israeli Air Force. It is the Israeli equivalent to Pararescue of the US Air Force. [ 1]
During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the military equipment in the IDF was very diverse and inconsistent. This was due to the severe limitation in obtaining war materiel (the British Mandate and the Arab embargo). During the 1950s, the IDF began the process of standardization, relying primarily on French military equipment.
Two more Palestinian men, injured during a military operation in the occupied West Bank last week, have told the BBC that Israeli soldiers forced them on to the bonnet of an army jeep and drove ...
Israel's Defense Ministry says roughly 3,000 members of the country's security forces have been wounded since Hamas militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people, mostly ...
The road to the hospital from Rafah is now unsafe: The United Nations says an Israeli tank fired on a marked U.N. vehicle on the road Monday, killing a U.N. security officer and wounding another.
The name "Merkava" was derived from the IDF's initial development program name. The tank was developed in the Merkava and Armored Combat Vehicles Division of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, and most of its parts are manufactured in Israel. The Merkava was designed to provide maximum protection for its crew, and therefore its front armor was ...
October 24, 2023 at 6:54 AM. Israel has played harrowing footage of killings during the attack by Hamas that left 1,400 people dead. The 43 minute-long footage was captured by security cameras ...